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To: Clint E. who wrote (20760)5/11/1999 8:50:00 PM
From: Clint E.  Respond to of 68318
 
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Indices [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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NDX 2175.900 41.100u 2134.800 2134.800 2182.500 2134.800 1865 1666 1 5:16 2283.600 1063.300
COMP 2566.600 40.300u 2526.300 2553.000 2574.300 2542.400 474 417 1 5:16 2677.700 1357.100
DJII 11026.000 19.000u 11007.000 11007.000 11102.000 10971.000 N/A 9818 N/A 4:30 N/A N/A
SPZ 1355.600 15.300u 1340.300 1340.300 1360.000 1340.300 1798 1598 1 5:00 1371.700 923.300
BKX 904.200 8.200u 896.000 899.000 911.700 897.100 1654 1439 1 4:30 953.200 545.700
SOX 395.320 7.230u 388.090 388.090 395.320 385.290 1764 1526 1 4:30 428.120 182.590
QQQ 108.688 1.688u 107.000 107.875 109.250 107.250 44004 1584 82 4:16 114.563 97.000
VIX 26.370 -1.050d 27.420 27.130 27.660 26.100 375 328 1 3:59 60.630 16.730

DOW [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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GE 110.938 2.188u 108.750 109.875 111.750 108.750 48097 4327 3 4:20 117.438 69.000
WMT 47.313 2.125d 45.188 47.500 47.500 45.875 N/A 8888 1 5:01 53.406 25.281
HWP 80.563 0.188u 80.375 79.875 80.625 79.063 23327 1478 13 4:07 83.875 47.063
JPM 135.313 -0.375d 135.688 136.000 137.750 135.000 9597 901 3 4:02 143.063 72.125
MRK 71.563 -0.563d 72.125 72.375 72.500 71.063 50187 3376 5 4:27 87.375 55.750
AXP 127.813 -3.188d 131.000 131.063 133.625 127.813 16235 1098 2 5:01 142.625 67.000

Tech_Titans [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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EMC 107.250 6.313u 100.938 103.500 107.938 103.250 50287 5251 1 5:01 134.938 40.188
CSCO 111.875 2.625u 109.250 111.000 112.063 109.750 N/A 19101 90 4:01 120.000 41.125
IBM 221.000 2.375u 218.625 220.500 221.875 217.500 41864 2811 8 4:16 221.875 106.000
INTC 62.313 1.688u 60.625 61.188 62.625 60.688 N/A 13923 150 4:01 71.844 32.828
LU 60.125 1.313u 58.813 59.938 60.250 59.250 N/A 6310 N/A 5:01 67.000 26.719
DELL 42.625 0.375d 42.250 42.875 43.250 42.438 N/A 23362 23 4:01 55.000 19.313
MSFT 79.875 0.188d 79.688 80.750 81.016 79.438 N/A 22685 200 4:01 95.625 41.438
WCOM 85.563 0.063d 85.500 86.250 87.375 85.438 N/A 7426 60 4:01 94.875 39.000

E*Titans [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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YHOO 174.000 18.313u 155.688 164.500 175.313 160.875 N/A 26143 2 4:01 244.000 24.781
AOL 141.438 13.125u 128.313 138.000 141.438 132.000 N/A 30263 10 5:13 175.500 17.250
CMGI 244.688 6.750d 237.938 246.500 249.500 240.000 32240 10754 1 4:00 330.000 16.609
DCLK 130.438 5.375u 125.063 129.875 132.125 126.500 21088 6002 4 4:01 176.000 6.750
EBAY 195.313 1.938d 193.375 197.625 201.000 192.750 24059 7183 1 4:00 234.000 8.406
RNWK 96.500 1.688d 94.813 97.750 98.500 95.000 24007 6587 2 4:00 131.875 7.625
AMZN 148.375 1.500d 146.875 150.688 153.875 144.000 N/A 15659 3 4:01 221.250 13.281
ATHM 155.625 0.563d 155.063 157.125 158.000 152.500 22664 5175 5 4:00 198.000 23.500
INKT 116.000 -3.813d 119.813 119.438 119.750 115.000 10301 2436 5 4:01 159.125 15.375
PCLN 123.000 -5.000d 128.000 134.063 134.625 123.000 17135 5612 10 4:01 165.000 58.000
CNET 129.000 -7.188d 136.188 129.406 135.000 124.500 21357 6166 2 4:01 159.500 14.500

Networkers [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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ASND 96.250 1.500u 94.750 96.000 97.000 95.000 19705 2723 54 4:00 102.563 32.625
NN 31.813 1.500u 30.313 30.563 31.875 30.500 7020 321 6 4:01 39.875 15.438
SUNW 60.313 1.250u 59.063 59.563 60.875 59.500 N/A 8661 80 4:01 72.500 19.188
COMS 27.438 -0.188d 27.625 27.875 28.000 26.875 N/A 7576 50 4:01 51.125 20.000

WirelessMfr [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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MOT 85.875 4.000u 81.875 83.000 86.250 82.563 59672 3750 5 4:18 86.000 38.375
QCOM 109.500 3.500u 106.000 109.250 110.250 104.500 35250 7393 4 4:01 114.750 18.875
NOK 78.688 1.625u 77.063 78.063 79.000 76.688 18474 1097 358 4:01 85.688 29.531
ERICY 27.813 0.625u 27.188 27.188 27.813 26.813 31634 1509 121 4:01 34.000 15.000

Telecom_Infrastructr [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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WCII 55.125 6.125u 49.000 49.563 55.375 49.563 39951 3448 508 4:01 54.625 10.250
TLAB 114.500 5.063u 109.438 111.313 114.750 111.250 33901 3111 5 4:01 120.250 31.375
MFNX 84.000 4.500u 79.500 80.750 84.250 79.250 7722 1005 4 4:00 88.750 8.094
UNPH 130.250 3.813u 126.438 126.875 133.125 126.250 8390 1287 1 4:01 136.000 31.250
GBLX 59.438 3.563u 55.875 56.750 59.875 56.563 20271 2481 2 4:00 62.625 8.000
COVD 83.125 3.125u 80.000 81.000 85.000 80.938 4822 489 100 3:59 121.500 31.000
CMVT 71.375 2.563u 68.813 68.938 71.625 68.750 6346 704 5 4:01 71.000 19.578
ADLAC 77.375 1.500u 75.875 77.125 78.938 76.500 8830 629 1 4:00 77.750 21.500
NT 73.375 1.438u 71.938 72.500 73.438 71.375 26344 1365 34 4:02 76.250 26.813
QWST 92.750 1.250u 91.500 92.625 93.500 90.750 25887 3863 4 4:01 104.750 22.000
LVLT 88.500 -0.188d 88.688 89.000 89.375 86.500 8407 1253 15 4:01 100.125 22.375
ANTC 30.000 -0.250d 30.250 31.250 32.875 30.000 20217 2116 3 4:00 30.500 11.500
RCNC 45.000 -0.500d 45.500 45.500 47.000 44.500 3017 572 10 4:00 54.500 8.750
ADCT 44.313 -0.750d 45.063 45.250 45.500 43.625 30326 993 5 4:01 52.250 15.750
PCS 45.875 -1.688d 47.563 47.563 48.500 45.125 21572 961 1 4:12 58.125 12.750
AWRE 58.000 -2.000d 60.000 61.500 62.250 56.250 8288 1249 5 3:59 87.125 4.250

E*Portals [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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INSP 61.750 6.500u 55.250 57.250 62.500 57.000 15608 4096 2 4:00 72.625 9.750
SEEK 53.875 1.500- 52.375 53.875 54.500 53.063 12379 2610 3 4:00 100.000 14.875
GNET 138.250 1.250d 137.000 139.500 143.500 137.250 4962 1632 7 4:00 199.000 6.406
XCIT 158.500 -0.438d 158.938 159.688 161.969 156.000 10060 2020 9 3:59 187.875 18.000
LCOS 98.250 -7.000d 105.250 103.438 103.813 96.375 40516 8062 10 4:00 145.375 20.063

ISPs [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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CNCX 80.938 4.938u 76.000 78.000 82.375 78.000 3418 690 2 3:59 115.250 14.250
VRIO 70.125 4.625u 65.500 66.125 70.500 65.875 4934 875 1 4:01 78.000 13.000
PSIX 51.375 2.750u 48.625 50.625 51.750 49.000 15812 1966 1 4:01 73.750 8.375
ABOV 42.625 1.688u 40.938 41.938 44.000 41.500 40028 8693 3 4:00 75.500 5.750
ELNK 64.875 1.625u 63.250 64.375 65.875 63.625 4501 1081 2 4:00 99.375 19.500
MSPG 88.500 -1.250d 89.750 91.688 93.625 86.750 11957 2944 3 4:00 133.000 16.156
EXDS 84.000 -1.500d 85.500 88.000 89.938 83.875 15502 2889 2 4:01 109.125 7.750

E*Banking [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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NTBK 184.500 14.000u 170.500 177.500 187.000 173.000 11519 3817 3 4:00 249.000 10.750
TBFC 99.063 5.063u 94.000 98.500 103.000 95.375 7238 1821 2 3:59 151.750 7.875
SONE 51.500 2.625u 48.875 50.500 55.875 50.000 5518 1447 2 4:00 79.250 4.563

E*Brokers [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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SCH 116.250 8.375u 107.875 114.313 117.625 109.500 34199 3327 109 4:01 155.000 18.500
NDB 53.625 -0.250d 53.875 54.000 55.000 52.750 5691 1183 8 4:00 93.000 8.125
NITE 154.500 -2.438d 156.938 161.313 163.250 150.625 39874 12969 1 4:00 161.500 4.500
AMTD 117.750 -2.500d 120.250 122.875 123.500 116.375 14102 4570 3 4:00 188.375 5.625
EGRP 115.000 -4.813d 119.813 120.000 120.875 114.125 56105 14871 50 4:00 144.500 5.000

E*Commerce_E*SW [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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NSOL 75.000 7.313u 67.688 70.000 77.250 69.875 28358 7575 1 4:00 153.750 10.500
VRSN 120.000 7.125u 112.875 114.500 121.000 108.125 13843 2271 5 4:01 188.250 19.375
VERT 99.000 4.500u 94.500 97.688 103.000 95.250 2554 853 1 4:00 149.000 34.750
VIGN 86.000 3.750u 82.250 84.000 88.750 83.500 2348 363 20 4:00 111.750 37.250
MACR 46.750 2.250u 44.500 44.875 46.875 44.000 6975 829 1 4:00 50.000 12.313
BVSN 51.750 0.875d 50.875 53.188 53.375 50.625 6891 1279 3 4:00 72.375 9.250
EPAY 56.625 0.125u 56.500 56.000 58.375 55.813 1515 427 1 3:59 98.000 14.000
INTU 74.938 -1.813d 76.750 77.500 79.000 74.000 10675 1254 2 4:01 110.750 26.250
CPTH 76.375 -5.875d 82.250 79.750 83.000 75.000 7329 537 40 3:59 150.250 45.000

E*Misc [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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IVIL 73.563 6.813u 66.750 69.938 74.750 68.000 3421 880 2 4:00 130.000 60.625
GMST 111.063 0.938u 110.125 110.875 114.250 107.500 5091 508 10 4:00 126.000 31.000

PCs EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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BBY 47.938 1.938u 46.000 46.875 48.125 46.250 12387 915 30 4:22 57.375 14.875
GTW 68.688 1.938u 66.750 67.250 68.688 67.250 9102 700 11 4:01 84.500 36.125
CPQ 26.188 -0.063d 26.250 26.625 27.000 26.000 N/A 12682 N/A 5:01 51.250 22.250
AAPL 44.750 -0.500d 45.250 44.875 46.188 43.563 40941 4080 119 4:01 50.000 25.625

SemiCapX_EDA [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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NVLS 52.750 0.813u 51.938 52.375 53.188 50.875 6584 1024 4 4:00 75.500 20.875
AMAT 56.688 0.500d 56.188 56.875 57.250 54.750 60133 8026 15 4:01 71.625 21.563
SNPS 48.688 0.500u 48.188 48.188 50.125 47.813 5385 559 252 4:01 61.250 24.500
TER 48.313 0.000d 48.313 49.313 49.563 47.563 8112 417 1 4:01 66.500 15.000
LRCX 29.063 -1.063d 30.125 30.250 30.500 28.938 10995 1054 2 4:00 39.250 8.375
KLAC 51.875 -1.250d 53.125 53.625 54.063 50.750 25439 2753 2 4:01 65.000 20.750

Semis [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
BRCM 92.688 8.688u 84.000 84.875 92.750 84.500 36776 6387 5 4:01 95.625 23.500
PMCS 105.625 4.375u 101.250 102.500 106.938 101.750 3052 534 5 4:00 104.250 22.875
TXN 107.875 3.500u 104.375 104.625 108.375 103.813 17787 1711 3 4:02 115.250 45.375
STM 108.000 2.625u 105.375 105.000 108.125 104.625 2910 176 20 4:05 121.688 35.875
LLTC 58.250 2.500u 55.750 55.375 58.500 54.625 10204 1403 4 4:01 64.125 19.563
XLNX 47.125 1.563u 45.563 46.125 47.125 44.750 15825 2284 5 4:01 54.375 14.875
ARMHY 33.500 1.375u 32.125 32.250 33.750 32.125 184 48 1 3:51 39.422 8.750
RMBS 65.500 1.125u 64.375 64.875 66.000 63.125 7244 837 2 4:00 109.938 35.500
MCHP 43.000 1.000u 42.000 42.188 43.375 42.188 22952 1284 1 4:00 44.313 17.000
ALTR 76.313 0.563u 75.750 75.875 76.875 73.875 11841 1933 3 4:01 82.313 28.250
VTSS 47.000 -0.750d 47.750 48.000 48.625 46.750 7767 751 2 4:01 59.000 17.125
LSCC 42.563 -2.000d 44.563 44.938 44.938 42.500 3678 348 3 3:59 58.750 18.875
QLGC 98.500 -3.000d 101.500 105.250 106.000 95.500 6665 1160 4 4:00 103.375 13.938

Software [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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LGTO 45.625 5.875u 39.750 40.000 46.125 39.875 13662 1680 10 4:00 67.750 23.500
CHKP 39.000 5.500u 33.500 33.875 39.375 33.750 17726 2430 100 4:00 56.000 10.875
SEBL 43.500 3.625u 39.875 41.250 43.875 40.500 16519 1572 2 4:00 54.500 15.125
VRTS 72.125 2.625u 69.500 71.250 73.250 70.375 5183 622 1 4:01 90.125 23.750
NEON 47.813 1.688- 46.125 47.813 50.000 46.875 21339 2565 2 4:00 78.375 11.500
CTXS 47.000 1.563u 45.438 45.938 47.500 45.938 21131 1920 100 4:01 53.750 23.125
CA 43.688 1.188u 42.500 42.625 43.688 42.563 9437 667 76 4:01 61.938 26.000
RATL 31.813 1.063u 30.750 30.688 32.000 30.000 23167 647 5 4:01 35.625 10.500
ERTS 50.000 0.875u 49.125 49.000 50.438 49.000 6627 563 25 4:00 57.125 33.250
CSC 58.500 0.438u 58.063 58.063 58.813 57.750 6677 559 2 4:02 74.875 46.250
MERQ 30.438 0.250u 30.188 30.000 30.875 29.813 9981 471 190 4:00 39.938 10.563
CPWR 24.813 0.250d 24.563 24.938 25.063 24.375 45010 1937 5 4:01 39.906 16.375
BMCS 41.875 0.000d 41.875 42.188 42.688 40.625 13782 1849 5 4:01 60.250 30.000
ADBE 72.250 -0.188d 72.438 72.375 74.125 70.250 11726 1326 1 4:01 74.875 23.625
EFII 49.813 -0.250d 50.063 50.625 51.500 49.500 9261 819 4 4:00 50.250 13.500

Banks_Brokers [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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DLJ 68.063 3.063u 65.000 66.250 68.500 66.125 6180 670 3 4:01 100.750 20.375
MWD 100.813 2.938u 97.875 98.625 101.813 97.625 23004 1594 18 5:01 116.938 36.500
MER 82.438 1.813d 80.625 82.563 83.000 81.000 31512 2328 5 4:01 109.125 35.750
BSC 46.063 1.313u 44.750 45.375 46.500 45.313 3722 358 96 4:00 58.094 24.750
C 72.500 1.188u 71.313 71.625 74.188 71.563 N/A 3728 28 4:22 77.625 28.500
CMB 80.000 1.000d 79.000 80.188 81.188 78.375 33201 1348 383 4:00 91.125 35.563
WFC 42.750 0.563u 42.188 42.250 43.125 41.938 20447 931 50 5:01 44.875 27.500
ONE 59.688 0.063d 59.625 59.875 60.688 59.188 39067 1669 1 4:30 61.500 36.063
GS 70.625 -0.063u 70.688 70.000 71.188 69.500 18398 1153 50 4:00 77.250 66.250
BAC 69.000 -0.125d 69.125 69.938 69.938 68.375 43767 1670 237 4:00 88.438 44.000

Bios_Drugs [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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IMNX 142.313 35.313u 107.000 131.375 145.875 128.625 61944 11637 3 4:01 109.938 23.938
BGEN 94.375 1.250u 93.125 93.500 94.750 92.875 8247 864 30 4:01 120.500 41.750
AMGN 64.063 0.250d 63.813 64.500 64.875 62.875 30189 3298 7 4:01 81.375 28.969
PFE 114.500 0.188d 114.313 114.563 114.938 113.438 46567 4548 1 5:01 150.125 86.000

Laser [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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VISX 134.375 5.188u 129.188 134.000 135.750 128.250 9960 2056 2 4:00 141.500 20.922
LZRC 40.750 0.500u 40.250 40.000 40.938 40.000 1071 144 1 4:00 42.500 10.125
BEAM 16.188 0.375- 15.813 16.188 16.813 15.750 7884 896 5 4:00 19.250 3.000
BOL 79.563 -1.313d 80.875 81.000 81.250 79.500 3968 231 45 4:01 84.750 38.063

ECM [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- ---------
SANM 74.250 1.313u 72.938 73.125 75.000 72.500 7780 869 1 4:01 75.875 19.625
JBL 50.000 1.000d 49.000 50.375 51.125 49.500 6321 402 757 4:00 50.250 11.500
FLEX 51.625 0.625u 51.000 51.500 53.000 51.063 4611 419 5 3:56 56.625 10.984
SLR 52.125 0.313d 51.813 52.250 52.625 51.500 14315 545 16 4:01 56.250 17.719

Misc [EDIT This List]
Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo
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NTAP 51.875 2.250u 49.625 49.875 52.500 49.688 4980 707 9 4:00 67.000 16.000
EXTR 38.313 -1.188d 39.500 39.500 39.938 37.250 2826 472 2 3:59 65.125 35.063



To: Clint E. who wrote (20760)5/11/1999 9:52:00 PM
From: Clint E.  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 68318
 
LVCI: An example of a winning secondary offering.

The laser stocks have been hot:
BEAM BOL KERA LCAV LVCI LZRC SNRS STAA VISX

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Tuesday May 11, 7:02 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Laser Vision Centers, Inc. Public Offering Begins Trading
ST. LOUIS--(BW HealthWire)--May 11, 1999--Laser Vision Centers, Inc. (Nasdaq:LVCI - news) announced that the common shares under its recently filed public offering began trading today.

LaserVision is issuing 1,000,000 new shares and certain stockholders are offering 720,000 shares. The shares are offered at $46.50 per share. The offering will raise $79.9 million, of which the Company will receive $46.5 million before expenses. The offering is expected to close on May 14, 1999. A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc., Prudential Securities and Warburg Dillon Read served as underwriters.

The Company said that it intends to use the proceeds to purchase additional equipment, fund potential future acquisitions, for future payments relating to recent acquisitions, for expansion of its patient financing program as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Laser Vision is one of the world's largest providers of excimer lasers, related equipment and support services for the treatment of nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.

Except for historical information, statements relating to the Company's plan, objectives and future performance are forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management's current expectations. Because of various risks and uncertainties, actual strategies and results in future periods may differ materially from those currently expected. Additional discussion of factors affecting the Company's business is contained in the Company's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.